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Author : Robert J. Myers,Hallmark Cards, Inc
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:30000006137982
Cultural and historical background and traditions of forty-five major American holidays, both secular and religious, Christian and Jewish.
Author : Lerner Publishing Group
Publisher : LernerClassroom
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822547808
This early reader series introduces children to different holidays celebrated in America. Through engaging text and captivating photographs and drawings, children will learn how these holidays originated, the many different customs for celebrating these holidays, and how they have changed over the years.
Author : Alfred Colo
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781469184852
Herein are distinctly American holidays, excluding Christmas and Easter, which are global and more universal in nature, and much too expansive, requiring broader strokes than this shorter treatise can contain in its restricted space. Holidays remind our nation of Gods miracles: in His plan to fortify us all for lifes daily struggles. At Christmas, do our thoughts revolve around presents mostly? Is Easter only a warm anticipation of Spring, and is Thanksgiving, the quest for family reunion and a delicious meal? Remembering the spiritual origins of such special occassions affords us worship opportunities for Gods goodness to us, and to our families, friends and to our nation; through them we may reflect upon our blessings, while celebrating His greatness and bounty. Bearing in mind what holidays and vacations mean to our general well-being, let us exercise our down-time wisely as we each year of U.S.A. holidays, either head out or from the comfort of home, trade places without GPS-s, high gas, or air travel pat downs. Do come along then, for a free ride down some of my winding roads of personal experiences.
Author : Faith Winchester
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0736847286
Discusses special times of the year when African-Americans celebrate, including Black History Month, Juneteenth, Harambee, Junkanoo, and Kwanzaa.
Author : James Chambers
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
Page : 789 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780780816060
Presents more than 100 diverse holidays and festivals observed by Americans of African descent, exploring their history, customs, and symbols. Also includes a chronology, bibliography, and index.
Author : Ellen M. Litwicki
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781588344168
From the revered Memorial Day to the forgotten Lasties Day, America's Public Holidays is a timely and thoughtful analysis of how the civic culture of America has been fashioned. By analyzing how holidays became a forum for expressing patriotism, how public tradition has been invented, and how the definition of America itself was changed, Ellen Litwicki tells the intriguing story of the elite effort to create new holidays and the variety of responses from ordinary Americans.
Author : Barbara Klebanow
Publisher : PLA
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0866471960
July 4th, Election Day, Christmas, and New Year's Eve: reading about our American national holidays is not only fun, it is a way of exploring our diverse culture and values. How do we celebrate Memorial Day? What is the history of Thanksgiving? What does "Be my valentine" mean?Special features: 4 appendices of typical holiday gifts, traditional holiday songs, readings for the holidays, a listing of other holidays in the US, the official national holiday of each country in the world.
Author : Hennig Cohen (editor),Tristram Potter Coffin
Publisher : Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Company
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : IND:39000005590182
Covers more than 125 holidays including well-known religious and secular holidays as well as more obscure celebrations. Chronologically arranged, from New Year's Day through Christmas, entries include a description of origins, historical background and general characteristics.
Author : Bruce David Forbes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520284715
"America's Favorite Holidays explores how five of America's culturally dominant holidays--Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving--came to be what they are today, combinations of seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture. Distilling information from a wide range of sources, Bruce David Forbes reveals the often surprising history behind the traditions of each holiday. The book offers a comprehensive look at the Christian origins of these holidays and also touches on Passover, the religions of ancient Rome, Celtic practices, Mexico's Day of the Dead, and American civil religion. America's Favorite Holidays answers our curiosity about the origins of our holidays and the many ways in which religion and culture mix"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Richard T. Stanley
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781491713136
Many of America's favorite holidays, including Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and Valentines Day, originated far beyond our shores and long before our Founding Fathers were born. Some holidays, including Thanksgiving Day, the Fourth of July, Flag Day, Labor Day, Lincolns Birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Presidents Day, Veterans Day, and Washingtons Birthday, were uniquely grounded in Americas past. New Years Day has become a feast of college football bowl games. Still others, such as Cinco de Mayo, Columbus Day, and St. Patricks Day, are largely the products of Americas rich ethnic and cultural diversity over time. And some have a very personal and specific purpose, such as Mother's Day and Father's Day. Americas favorite holidays provide us with much more than opportunities to simply goof-off or spend money. Celebration, commemoration, contemplation, and remembrance are powerful forces that stimulate us to become better people, to enjoy life more, and to be more productive over time. Therefore, Happy Holidays!, everyone.
Author : Daniel Gifford
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476613208
In the early 20th century, postcards were one of the most important and popular expressions of holiday sentiment in American culture. Millions of such postcards circulated among networks of community and kin as part of a larger American postcard craze. However, their uses and meanings were far from universal. This book argues that holiday postcards circulated primarily among rural and small town, Northern, white women with Anglo-Saxon and Germanic heritages. Through analysis of a broad range of sources, Daniel Gifford recreates the history of postcards to account for these specific audiences, and reconsiders the postcard phenomenon as an image-based conversation among exclusive groups of Americans. A variety of narratives are thus revealed: the debates generated by the Country Life Movement; the empowering manifestations of the New Woman; the civic privileges of whiteness; and the role of emerging technologies. From Santa Claus to Easter bunnies, flag-waving turkeys to gun-toting cupids, holiday postcards at first seem to be amusing expressions of a halcyon past. Yet with knowledge of audience and historical conflicts, this book demonstrates how the postcard images reveal deep divides at the height of the Progressive Era.
Author : Erika Edwards
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781482440195
Every day is a holiday if someone wants it to be. No, really. Americas calendar is always adding new holidays, and some of them are truly odd. People from all over the world have moved to America, bringing unique traditions with them along the way. Other traditions are just silly and fun, such as September 19th's Talk Like a Pirate Day. With its high-interest subject matter and amazing photographs, this book will show readers the many holidays theyve been missing, and maybe some theyd rather not celebrate at all.
Author : Arthur George
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783030469160
Every year we celebrate a cycle of seasonal holidays. The ancient Greeks called this cycle “The Dance of the Horae,” after the mythical divinities who represented the seasons. What myths sit at the foundation of our own holiday celebrations? This interdisciplinary book explores the myths and symbols that underlie our major seasonal holidays and give them their meaning. Arthur George also shows how America’s own mythmaking has shaped some holidays. This mythological approach reveals how and why holidays arose in the first place, how and why they have changed over the centuries, why they have remained important, and finally how we can celebrate them today in a more meaningful manner that can enrich our lives and better our society. George devotes particular attention to the depth psychological aspects of holidays and their corresponding myths, as well as to the insights of modern biblical scholarship for key holidays such as Easter and Christmas.
Author : Alexis McCrossen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501728686
The mass protests that greeted attempts to open the 1893 Chicago World's Fair on a Sunday seem almost comical today in an era of seven-day convenience and twenty-four-hour shopping. But the issue of the meaning of Sunday is one that has historically given rise to a wide range of strong emotions and pitted a surprising variety of social, religious, and class interests against one another. Whether observed as a day for rest, or time-and-a-half, Sunday has always been a day apart in the American week.Supplementing wide-ranging historical research with the reflections and experiences of ordinary individuals, Alexis McCrossen traces conflicts over the meaning of Sunday that have shaped the day in the United States since 1800. She investigates cultural phenomena such as blue laws and the Sunday newspaper, alongside representations of Sunday in the popular arts. Holy Day, Holiday attends to the history of religion, as well as the histories of labor, leisure, and domesticity.
Author : Various
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547330370
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday" (A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings) by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
